Cloud enabling resources as a service

Abstract

One aspect includes a method for constructing a specified virtual solution, comprising: obtaining a solution profile from a solution repository catalog, wherein the solution profile identifies one or more resources for the specified virtual solution; acquiring the one or more resources identified by the solution profile from one or more devices; and assembling the acquired one or more resources in accordance with the solution profile to construct the specified virtual solution. Another aspect includes a method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising: implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; and implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising:
 implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; 
 implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities; and 
 forming an ad hoc cloud with multi-dimensionality elasticity using the RaaS layer, the ad hoc cloud comprising one or more devices, each device having a device cloudification plug-in and advertising its available functionalities as virtual resources. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising implementing privacy and security governed by at least one policy. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one policy specifies a profile based on at least one of a resource type, a localization context, a cloud initiator context, an application context, and a service context. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises at least one of a smart cloud of smart resources (SCSR) and a smart cloud of smart things (SCST). 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises a plurality of resource types that are not tied to a single data center or cloud provider. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the RaaS functionality allows formation of the ad hoc cloud with the multi-dimensionality elasticity. 
     
     
       7. An apparatus for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising:
 a memory; and 
 at least one processor, coupled to said memory, and operative to:
 implement a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; 
 implement a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities; and 
 form an ad hoc cloud with multi-dimensionality elasticity using the RaaS layer, the ad hoc cloud comprising one or more devices, each device having a device cloudification plug-in and advertising its available functionalities as virtual resources. 
 
 
     
     
       8. The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further operative to implement privacy and security governed by at least one policy. 
     
     
       9. The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one policy specifies a profile based on at least one of a resource type, a localization context, a cloud initiator context, an application context, and a service context. 
     
     
       10. The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises at least one of a smart cloud of smart resources (SCSR) and a smart cloud of smart things (SCST). 
     
     
       11. The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises a plurality of resource types that are not tied to a single data center or cloud provider. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the RaaS functionality allows formation of the ad hoc cloud with the multi-dimensionality elasticity. 
     
     
       13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, the method comprising:
 implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; 
 implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities; and 
 forming an ad hoc cloud with multi-dimensionality elasticity using the RaaS layer, the ad hoc cloud comprising one or more devices, each device having a device cloudification plug-in and advertising its available functionalities as virtual resources. 
 
     
     
       14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises implementing privacy and security governed by at least one policy. 
     
     
       15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the at least one policy specifies a profile based on at least one of a resource type, a localization context, a cloud initiator context, an application context, and a service context. 
     
     
       16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises at least one of a smart cloud of smart resources (SCSR) and a smart cloud of smart things (SCST). 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the cloud architecture comprises a plurality of resource types that are not tied to a single data center or cloud provider. 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the RaaS functionality allows formation of the ad hoc cloud with the multi-dimensionality elasticity.